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MSR Sale Tests Current Market.(Hamilton, Carter, Smith & Co. deal)(Brief Article)

Mortgage Servicing News

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As this issue of MSN went to press, Hamilton, Carter, Smith & Co. here was brokering the sale of servicing rights on $1.7 billion of Freddie Mac loans at current interest rates in a deal that will test the market for current coupon deals.

The trading of servicing rights has been severely diminished by falling interest rates over the past two years. The HCS deal, on which bids were due April 16, was seen as a test the market's appetite for servicing rights on home loans at current interest rates, said HCS president Gregory Bennett.

"I haven't seen anyone go to market with anything like this. There hasn't been any real test of market value for a long ...

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